Summary
Chapter 0 On the day of the imperial selection, I accidentally soiled Consort Shu’s dancing dress. Looking utterly pitiful, she said, “Your Majesty, you mustn’t see her. You mustn’t take her into the palace.” Everyone under heaven knew that she bore a striking resemblance to the woman the emperor had searched for but could never have. The moment she cried, his heart softened. Pei Lin chuckled. “Then shall I bestow her on someone else?” The next day, with a single imperial edict, I became Princess Consort Su. Being a legitimate wife was better than being a concubine. I was quite satisfied. But not long after, at a palace banquet, when Prince Su and I stepped forward together to express our gratitude, the emperor, for once, seemed to lose himself in a daze.